Doll construction



NOV 2 1926.

1,605,615 M. RoTHsTElN DOLL CONSTRUCTION Filed Deo.. 11, 1925 a NVENTOR', 'mmm/9&9. 5 bq l m BY I A TTORNEY Patented Nov. 2, 1926.

MORRIS ROTHSTEIN,

or New YORK, N. Y.

DOLL CONSTRUCTION. y

Application filed December 11, 1925.

Vlhis invention relates to improvements in articulating devices for dolls and the like, together with the adjacent body structure, and the principal feature thereof is a novel arrangement of binding and connecting members which give flexibility to the joint and at the same time permt of free movement of the anatomical members of the figure; retaining them however, in any desired position by the frictional engagement of the said joint.

Added advantages of the device are its extreme simplicity of construction, and the ease with which it may be assembled in the course of manufacture.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 shows a sectional side view of the device.

Fig. 2 shows a front view of same, also in section.

Fig. 3 shows a recessed portion of the shoulder' structure adapted to receive the base of a dolls neck.

Fig. l shows a side view of a grooved cross piece.

Fig. 5 lshows the binding elem-ents in modiiied form.

The component parts of the invention, together with the anatomical members as shown, are enumerated as follows:

Semi-spherical disks, or disks having one flat and one curved surface, as shown at 10 and 11 are perforated centrally as .shown at 12 and 13, and having been placed within the neck cavity and that of the shoulder portions, shown respectively at 111 and 15, are secured together by means of an elastic loop 16 which passes through the perforations of the disks and around the stop members 17 and 18. The said stop members being inserted through the ends of the said loop and having their extremities resting against the flat portions of the aforesaid disks. The free ends of the said loop are secured together by the clamp piece 19.

The upper portion of the body structure 22 between the shoulders is recessed as shown at 28, and centrally perforated as shown at 24, and on the inner surface below the said recess is again recessed to receive the member 11 of the binding mechanism. The neck 25 is rounded on its lower extremity to fit within the above described recess, and centrally perforated for the passing of the elastic member 16, and is formed on its inner Serial No. 74,720.

surface to fit the member 10 of the binding mechanism.

Equivalents to the stop members 17 and 18 are shown at 2O and 21. in the modified form illustrated in Figure 5 of the drawings.

The members of the doll thus assembled may be moved at will into positions resembling the poses of a living child, and when so placed will remain in the said positions under such stress as is ordinarily applied to articles of this character.

The disk members may be of wood, or any suitable material, and the elastic member of any material possessing the required characteristics; namely, elasticity and strength.

I do not limit myself, in the constructionl of the device shown, to the eXact form and proportions of the members as illustrated; it being understood that certain modifications are allowable within the limits of the appended claims.

I-Iaving thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. In a device of the character described, a doll comprising a shoulder portion having concave recesses on the upper and lower sides thereof and provided with a central perforation, a neck member adapted to fit in the upper recess of said shoulder portion having a central perforation therein, a disc having a convex lower surface disposed in said neck portion, a disc having an upper convex surface disposed in the lower concave recess of said shoulder portion and a resilient member extending through the central openings in said neck and shoulder members for resiliently securing said neck member in the upper concave rec-ess of said shoulder portion.

2. In a device of the class described, a doll comprising a shoulder portion having oppositely disposed concave recesses in the upper and lower sides thereof, a neck member movably mounted in the recess of the upper side of said shoulder portion, and provided with a central perforation, a disc having an upper convex surface disposed in the lower concave recess and adapted to move freely therein, and resilient means attached to said disc and connected with said neck member for resiliently retaining said neck member in the upper recess of said shoulder member. 1

' 3. In a doll of the class described, a shoulder portion comprising a semi-spheriliti cal socket in the upper side thereof and an opposite semi-spherical socket in the lower side thereof, a neck member disposed in said upper socket comprising` a lower wall having an internal concave surface, upper and lower discs having convex surfaces disposed respectively in said neck member and in said lower socket, and resilient means for adjustably securing said neck member in said upper socket, said resilient means being connected with said discs.

4f. In a doll of the class described, a shoulder kportion comprising a semi-spherical socket in the upper side thereof and an opposite `semi-spherical socket in the lower side thereof, a neck member disposed in said upper socket comprisinga lower wall having an internal concave surface, upper and lower discs having convex surfaces disposed respectively in said neck member and in said lower' socket, pins having notches therein disposed adjacent the upper and lower surfaces respectively or said upper and lower discs, and a resilient member engaged in the notches of said pins for urging said discs towards each other for adjustably securing said neck member in said upper socket.

In testimony whereof I have atlixed my signature.

MORRS ROTHSTEIN. 

